Admit it. If you’re involved with network or Internet marketing and have been for years, you know what I am talking about because at least in the beginning you may yourself have been one. The Junkie. They should have a group like Gamblers Anonymous but it would be called Networking Junkie Anonymous or Marketing Junkie Anonymous or do they? So what to do in the meantime? Shut your blinds and screen your calls if you have to keep it in check.
What is a junkie? It’s the person who is always calling you with the latest and greatest deal, if not weekly or monthly. The junkie keeps jumping from ship to ship never building a team or making money in any of them because he can’t keep his focus on one thing long enough to make it happen. Or he gets frustrated within days because he believed the hype of getting rich quickly and when he doesn’t become a millionaire overnight he jumps again.
Pre-launch deals are the biggest lure for these folks and they jump in within a blink of an eye.
I have to admit, when it comes to us marketers, I think it’s in our DNA that we are intoxicated by the rush of an exciting business that we might miss out on. As opposed to the average person outside of our industry who is scared to death of risk, we live for the rush.
Here are some steps I would suggest for a recovering marketing junkie:
1. Stay focused! I can’t say this enough to people who are easily distracted. Working from home isn’t easy. There are so many distractions in your immediate environment like dishes piling up and friends calling to say hi. Then you venture onto your laptop and the distractions are endless and you see lots of ”bright and shiny” objects that are just calling for your attention. Beautifully copywritten emails telling you why the latest deal is sure to make you rich overnight and if you miss out on it, you will be sorry later. All I can say is, “Keep your eye on the ball.”
2. Keep in mind that nothing happens overnight or as my husband’s favorite saying goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Success takes work and time.
3. Find great business partners. Okay, so how will this help you? Well, once you have great business partners on your team and collaborate with you will see how precious of a concept this can be to your success and even alleviate some of the work because you’re working together. Great partners and a fantastic team can be almost irreplaceable. You will think about how starting in a new business by yourself won’t be very tempting.
4. Commitment. All of the above will really commit you to your business and commit yourself to your goals and aspirations.
5. Put it on paper. When you write things down it tends to make things more real for most people. Write down your commitment, write down a daily log or journal of goals, ideas and most definitely keep calendar or planner with all of your appointments and schedule it will help to keep you on task.
So how many junkies do you know or have you been one? It may drive you crazy at the time, but like they say you’ll laugh about it later. Share your experience.
Cheers!
Kelly
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